1913 PRINCE'S BAND The Last Stand - 78 RPM Record

Prince's Band - The Last Stand
Composed by John Philip Sousa
78 RPM audio transfer from Bowness Arts' collection of vintage records.
(Recorded at 33rpm; click reduction using Audacity)
Label: Columbia A1824
Format: Shellac, 10", 78 RPM
Recorded: April 28, 1913 in New York, New York
Released: 1915
Genre: Brass & Military
Style: Marches
The recording on the other side of this disc: The Thunderer
Charles Adams Prince was born December 27, 1868 (sources differ on the date) in San Francisco, California. He was a prominent American musician who worked as a conductor, bandleader, pianist, and organist. He is well-known for his work with the Columbia Orchestra and later with Prince's Band and Orchestra. Prince served in the California National Guard from 1884-1886. By 1890, he was working in San Diego as a musician. Prince began his recording career in 1891, playing the piano for the New York Phonograph Company. In the late 1890s, he became the musical director for Columbia Records and also conducted the Columbia Orchestra and Columbia Band starting in 1904. In 1905, Prince created three ensembles, namely Prince's Band, Prince's Orchestra, and the Banda Espanola, primarily recording for Columbia's disc releases. Prince's Band was the first to record many compositions that later became jazz standards, including W. C. Handy's "Saint Louis Blues," which they recorded in 1915. Their version of the song is the earliest known recording of the track. Other standards introduced by the band include Porter Steele's "High Society" (1911) and Lew Pollack and Ray Gilbert's "That's a Plenty" (1914). Prince recorded as a solo celeste player on the celeste under the name Charles Adams. His recording of "Silver Threads Among the Gold" was particularly popular. At Columbia, Prince showed initiative in expanding the company's "classical" orchestral catalogue and in experimenting with the size of ensembles that acoustic recording equipment could capture. In October 1910, he conducted a shortened version of Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, known as the Unfinished Symphony, on two sides of a 12-inch disc (released as Columbia A 5267), which was the first orchestral recording of any part of a symphony. In February 1917, he assembled a 90-piece orchestra to record the overture to Richard Wagner's opera Rienzi (released as Columbia A 6006), which was the largest ensemble commercially recorded to that date. Prince's last recording for Columbia was in 1922. He then moved to Puritan Records and later to Victor Records, where he worked as the associate musical director. He died October 8, 1937, aged 69, in Ross, Marin, California.
Note: The first 78 RPM record came into existence around 1894, and in 1912, the Gramophone Company established 78 rpm as their recording standard. The production of shellac records continued throughout the 78 rpm era, with "unbreakable" 78 rpm vinyl records being introduced in the 1940s. The popularity of the 33 1/3 rpm "Long Play" record, initially released in 1948, caused the 78 rpm record to become obsolete before the end of the 1950s. As these 78 rpm recordings are quite old, they may contain derogatory language and/or negative stereotypes. It is important to evaluate such recordings within their historical context and consider them as a reflection of the attitudes prevalent at the time. These recordings form an integral part of the historical record and do not represent the views of this poster, channel, or Bowness Arts.

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